We had a good time at the Monteverde Butterfly Garden. They have lots of the famous blue morpho- which are difficult to photograph, because they hardly ever stop moving- and when they do, they close their wings, hiding the fantastic colors. They would occasionally land on our shoulder or head, which was fun. Their wings are about the size of your palm, so they were large enough you could feel their weight when they landed. The gardens were beautiful, with a nice variety of butterflies to look at. The gardens also had a classroom with other arthropods (spiders, roaches, beetles, millipedes, etc). That was interesting and gross, as you might image.
Butterflies |
Blue Morpho with closed wings.
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Blue Morpho.
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Blue Morpho.
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Orange Tiger (Dryadula phaetusa).
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The Postman (Heliconius erato petiverana).
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The Postman (aka Crimson-patched Longwing).
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The Postman.
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Unknown butterfly 1.
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Unknown butterfly 1.
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Unknown butterfly 1.
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Glasswing butterfly (Greta oto).
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Glasswing butterfly.
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Unknown butterfly 2.
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Unknown moth 1.
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Unknown butterfly 3.
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Unknown butterfly 4.
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Unknown butterfly 5.
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Unknown butterfly 6.
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Unknown butterfly 6.
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Giant Swallowtail (Papilio thoas nealces).
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Monarch (Danaus plexippus).
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Monarch.
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Unknown butterfly 7.
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Unknown butterfly 8.
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Unknown butterfly 9.
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Unknown butterfly 10 (mounted).
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Unknown butterfly 11 (mounted).
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Unknown butterfly 12 (mounted).
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Unknown butterfly 13 (mounted).
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Unknown butterfly 14 (mounted).
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Cloudless Suplhur (Phoebis sennae, mounted).
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Other insects |
Tropical dung beetles (mounted).
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Walking stick (Phasmatodea).
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Unknown bug 2.
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Unknown bug 4.
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Unknown bug 5.
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Hercules Beetle (Dynastes hercules).
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Plants and flowers |
Unknown flower 1 and unknown bug 1.
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Unknown flower 2.
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Unknown plant 1. (varigated)
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Unknown flower 3.
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Unknown flower 3.
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Unknown flower 3.
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Unknown flower 4.
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Unknown flower 5.
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Unknown flower 6 and unknown bug 3.
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Unknown bird 1.
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Unknown bird 1.
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Unknown flower 7.
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Unknown flower 8.
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